elect
Definitions
To choose someone for a position by voting.
选举，推选（通过投票选出）。
To choose to do something; to decide on a course of action.
（正式）选择做某事，决定。
Elected to a position but not yet officially holding it (placed after the noun): president-elect.
已当选但尚未就职的（后置于名词）：president-elect 候任总统。
Root Breakdown
Root-derivede- (out) + lect (pick) = 'to pick out.' To elect is to pick one person out of the crowd — in modern use, by vote. The 'president-elect' sense freezes the moment after the pick but before the job starts: chosen, not yet seated.
Root lect still carries 128 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.elect a president选举总统
- 2.elect to do something选择做某事
- 3.newly elected新当选的
- 4.president-elect候任总统
Example Sentences
- 1.
Voters will elect a new mayor next month.
- 2.
She was elected to the committee by a wide margin.
- 3.
Some students elect to take an extra language course.
Easily Confused
elect vs select vs choose — All mean 'pick,' but elect is by formal vote (elect a senator); select is a careful, often expert pick from options (select the best candidate); choose is the everyday general word (choose a restaurant). You elect officials, you select equipment, you choose dinner.